Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) A special nine-day session for discussions on the departmental budget in the state on the floor of the West Bengal Assembly has been convened this month.During the session starting from July 17 and ending on July 25, the budgetary allocation for 13 state government departments will be discussed on the floor of the House.In this special session, the details of departmental budgetary allocations will be placed on the floor of the House by the state ministers incharge of the…
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Mumbai, July 10 (IANS) In a scathing observation on the implementation of the flagship Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) in Maharashtra, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has revealed that a staggering 75 per cent of water supply schemes remained incomplete between 2019 and 2024. It further pointed out that poor planning, missing baseline surveys, and rampant project revisions caused the mission’s expenditure to double its initial estimates, skyrocketing to over Rs 26,400 crore.According…
Kolkata, July 3 (IANS) The department-specific white papers to be released by the BJP government under Suvendu Adhikari, focusing on the financial irregularities during the 15-year tenure of the Trinamool Congress, led by Mamata Banerjee from 2011 to 2026, will concentrate on six key areas.The state cabinet has given the nod for the formation of a five-member ministerial committee to oversee the entire process of preparation and publication of the department-wise white papers, with the state fin…
Kolkata, June 25 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled West Bengal government will release white papers on the department-wise financial irregularities during the previous Trinamool Congress-ruled state regime, state finance minister Swapan Dasgupta said on Thursday. In his concluding speech on the discussion on the state budget for the financial year 2026-27, which was presented by him on the floor of the House on June 22, Dasgupta said that the said white papers will explain why the hu…
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The Sports Ministry on Tuesday notified the National Sports Governance (National Sports Board) Rules, 2026 and the National Sports Governance (National Sports Tribunal) Rules, 2026 under the provisions of the National Sports Governance Act, 2025.The rules incorporate techno-legal measures for digital implementation, including notification of a dedicated portal by the Central Government for submission of disputes, notices, responses, documents and clarifications, as well …
Agartala, April 26 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday demanded a probe into alleged irregularities in recruitment within the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC). Since 2021, the BJP’s ally, the Tipra Motha Party (TMP), has governed the strategically significant TTAADC, widely regarded as the second most important constitutional and political institution in Tripura after the state Assembly.A five-member BJP delegation on Sunday met Governor Indra Sena Reddy Na…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Setting a firm deadline for administrative action in the health sector, the Delhi Legislative Assembly’s Secretariat has directed all departments to implement the recommendations of the Committee on Public Accounts, an official said on Thursday.The Delhi government departments have been mandated to submit a comprehensive Action Taken Report by July 31, indicating the status of implementation of the Committee’s recommendations as of June 30, said the official in a st…
Bhubaneswar, March 31 (IANS) The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) said on Tuesday that Odisha posted moderate growth in 2024–25 compared to the previous financial year, while cautioning against fiscal stress risks arising from the under-realisation of revenue receipts, low own-tax mobilisation, poor dividend collection, long-outstanding loans, and concentrated short- to medium-term repayment obligations. The State Finances Audit Report of the Odisha government for 2024–25, pres…
Mumbai, March 25 (IANS) The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), in its report, has said that out of 25.72 lakh works approved during 2019-20 to 2023-24 in the state under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), only 52.81 per cent were completed.The CAG report, which was presented in the state legislature on Wednesday, further stated that Rs 6,725.65 crore was spent on the completed works during the period, while Rs 5,361.02 crore was spent on incompl…
Patna, Feb 25 (IANS) Opposition members in the Bihar Legislative Assembly on Wednesday strongly protested over the alleged non-implementation of the Chief Minister’s Women’s Employment Scheme and unfulfilled promises made to 9.4 million poor families identified in the caste survey. MLAs from the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Left parties held placards and raised slogans for a prolonged period in the Assembly portico, accusing the government of reneging on its assurances.The opposition…